Bob Williams

SonicWALL, Inc. provided intelligent network security and data protection solutions. The firm offers super massive series, NSA, wireless access point and WXA Series products. It offers network security, wireless network, email, virtual security, secure VPN, voice over IP solutions, The company was founded in 1991 by Sudhakar Ravi and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source information management services to the enterprise. Built on over 25 years of technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined with the value and flexibility of open source. The Ingres Database offers high-volume transaction processing, high availability, multi-platform support, and security for mission-critical application deployments. Its software and support services are designed to provide customers these enterprise-class features at a lower total cost of ownership. It also offers its database software as part of integrated software appliances, enabling customers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy, manage, and maintain open source solutions throughout the enterprise. These appliances are the result of its work with leading business intelligence and content management providers. Its business intelligence appliance delivers advanced reporting and data analysis capabilities; while its appliance for content management allows for the management of structured and unstructured data. As an open source company, Ingres has an active community of developers that continually test its code, influence their product roadmap by submitting specific feature requests, and contribute code for inclusion in its software. When integrating their applications with its database, developers increase their productivity given their direct access to its source code. The company offers their customers a variety of support options ranging from online access to on-site support. Ingres is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and internationally.

NeoScale Systems, Inc. provides storage security software services. It serves commercial enterprises and government agencies that address security risks associated with offsite storage, tape media access, business continuity and consolidation and privacy compliance. The company was founded by Barbara Nelson in June, 2000 and is located in Milpitas, CA.

Applied Identity, Inc. provides enforcement solutions. Its platform enables users to secure critical systems, implement guest networks, and protect enterprise networks. The company was founded by Dennis Pollutro in 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Today's enterprise business environment has been built on a foundation of increasingly complex networks. And, with the fear of a breach and potential losses measured in billions, securing those networks has reached a new level of urgency. Hackers are attacking with increasing frequency and sophistication, targeting mission-critical custom applications and corporate assets. As these attacks spread globally, no network is immune. Applications that run enterprises, connect partners, and communicate with customers are in imminent danger. And with seventy-five percent of attacks tunneling in through applications, and others through breaches of firewalls and network intrusion detection systems, there is a real need for an innovative, cost effective new approach to application security. Sana Security delivers solutions that meet this need conquering the complexity and cost escalation faced by enterprise security managers with products that provide simple and effective protection for all applications, on all platforms, against all attacks. The company was founded in October, 2000 by Steven Hofmeyr and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

GXS Ltd. provides on-demand supply chain management and ecommerce solutions. Its services include managed, transact messaging, expert operations, direct integration, active applications, edge software and GXS freeway EDI software. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Sunbury-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

General Atlantic Partners, LLC (GAP) is a private equity firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional offices in New York, Palo Alto, California, Reston, Virginia, London, Düsseldorf, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai, India, Tokyo, and São Paulo.

Bay Partners LLC (Bay Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by John Freidenrich. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.